Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02

though no longer new, sre still pop7Iar
The jsbot bsck drapery. which Was flrm-
erly made with two stltly folded narrow
bots, one down esch side, is now more
gracefully arranged in a single large isbot
OF easy, soft folds down the middle OF the
back, dropping from the belt to the floor.
The apron draperIes to be most populsr
IS the season advances sre those plaited
to the belt, and thus leaving their fulIness
falling ID !engthWise wrinkles made bv
many pIsltS on each side. To illustrate
this, take breadth OF cashmere, and, let
ting one corner from the front, plat
the Top to the belt in six p,aits-three
each Size, meeting il the middle-then
catch up slightly the middle plaits on
each SIDE to break up its stiffness. A
hem OF facing three inches wide edges the
apron, and may be either stitched b7 ma
chine or done in blind stitches, 10 matter
how line tie wool fabric may De; indeed
It IS quite feature this season to put
row after row Of machine stitching on
summer cancels hair and cashmere dres-
/ ses N TIE way formerly confined TO win
/ ter gowns Il heavy cloth.
NOTES.
The favCrIte bonnet will be the capote.
For house dresses the wide bias half
girdle fronts Will be used in combination
dresses.
Beads shout the size of E pea made of
Swiss lapiS lazuli are tayorite necklaces
for young girls.
Undressed kid gloves have superseded
the dressed kid and are worn now in Paris
to ball, reception snd opera
Coat hssques with long square side
pieces low ol the hips are being made by
French modistes for demi-season toilets.
Collars and cuffs are worn with wool
dresses; the collars are high and straight,
or the points may be slightly turned over
in front.
a favorite corssge for sheer white wool
ems is the full belted waist, the fuIIness at
the top being gathered on cords in the
form of pointed yoke
Pinked edges are again seen on import
ed cloth gowns, forming side bands,
Jokes, borders, and vests, made OF alter
mating rows Of dark and light cloths, as
pansy color with faWn or Havana brown
with cactus red
The fsvoTite ruching at present is the
fiat fold. II the material is thin there
will De severa! folds, one Just showing
above the other. Corded satin, embroid-
cred with pearl and colored beads and
tinsel, is used considerably.
Pale-colOred leather of grayish blue.
faded rose or gray enameled on white are
popular in the purses and card-cases in
use at this season. They are covered
with enameliug in figures Of birds and
bugs, or Of leaf and sCrolI-Work, the
latest fancy beng for reproductions of
peacock's feathers.
Long straight polonaises will be made
OF the heavy faorlcs used for winter cos
tunes for the street; these are not to be |
caught up on the hips, but are cut very
tull in fiat pleats behind, and sloping
away toward the sides to disclose the |
rich material Of the skirt beneath, which |
will be entirely concealed elsewhere.
For those who are dressing in mourn |
ing, black and white striped percale col |
lars and cuffs Will be found most coz
yenient, and appropriate for breakfast !
dresses, and for evening white tarIetan,
several folds laid one over the other, will |
be found very seryiceeble as il can be
easily replaced when it becomes crushed. /